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Committee proposes policy language to protect irrigation infrastructure
Summary
Members recommended adding plan language to require adequate setbacks and easements to preserve irrigation infrastructure and access; participants noted an existing 60-foot setback and the canal company's authority to grant exceptions.
A member proposed policy wording obligating developers to provide setbacks and easements so canal companies and water-rights holders retain access to irrigation infrastructure. "If the drains from encroachment by development shall require adequate setbacks and easements to maintain irrigation infrastructure and access," the Chair (S3) said while reading a suggested wording.
Participants noted the county currently uses a 60-foot setback from the edge of canals and that the canal company can, by written permission, allow non-habitable structures closer to the canal. One participant suggested referencing current state statutes (Idaho statutes, Title 42) in plan language so developers must meet applicable state and local laws, rather than relying on committee interpretation.
